09-21-2009, 09:07 PM
You know...even following baseball for about 40 years, I still find myself, occasionally, an extremely naive Cubs fan. I'm pretty sure I said, at the time of the signing, that I thought Milton would become a fan favorite--and I think he would have if he had performed when healthy.
That being said, I was wrong. He's got major problems and Jim Hendry makes a whole lot of money to have a better guess than me--he should have known given the history, that Bradley would be disastrous.
This is just one more nail in the coffin of any optimism I have about the Cubs' free agent signings in the future. There have been some decent ones, but the Bradley signing has to end Hendry's career--and I'm not one who says that kind of thing in a light manner.
That being said, I was wrong. He's got major problems and Jim Hendry makes a whole lot of money to have a better guess than me--he should have known given the history, that Bradley would be disastrous.
This is just one more nail in the coffin of any optimism I have about the Cubs' free agent signings in the future. There have been some decent ones, but the Bradley signing has to end Hendry's career--and I'm not one who says that kind of thing in a light manner.
I'm 100% fine with this. I'm just glad there's an actual plan in place that isn't, "Let's load up on retreads and hope we get lucky." I'm a little tired of that plan.
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